7 Cotswold Road Westcliff-on-sea Essex SS0 8AA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of Use from five person HMO (Class C4) to residential institution (Class C2) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Aug 2026 · Development Control Committee · Last checked 24 Aug 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Southend Planning Committee on 12 Aug 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the transitional care use would support young adults without materially harming the area, neighbours, parking or services.
- No neighbours objected, and consultees raised no objections to the proposal.
- The committee granted permission subject to conditions controlling the use, renewable energy and water efficiency.
Source: Plota analysis of Southend's committee minutes of 12 Aug 2026.
Site constraints 1
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £441,000 in July 2019. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Southend
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- SS0 8AA
- Received
- 20 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Chalkwell
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Grant Conditional Permission
- Decision date
- 17 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Development Control Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Knight Gratrix Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 209 days from validation, 153 days slower than Southend's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Southend in the last twelve months, from validation. Southend decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 12 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Southend ranks #155 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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